WEBVTT CLOUDY SKIES AND A DRY NIGHT. KELLY: GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. IT HAS NOT BEEN SMOOTH SAILING AT EVERY POLLING SITE SO FAR TODAY. ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT POLLING PLACES. IN ONE PITTSBURGH NEIGHBORHOOD, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE LEFT JUST WAITING AROUND BECAUSE THE ELECTION JUDGE NEVER SHOWED UP. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER CHRIS LOVINGOOD WAS THERE SOON AFTER THEY REALIZED THE PROBLEM. CHRIS, WHAT HAPPENED? CHRIS: WELL, POLLING PLACE PROBLEMS ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING CARNEGIE LIBRARY AT SQUIRREL HILL, BEING TOLD A PERSONAL EMERGENCY WITH THE JUDGE PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE RIGHT AWAY. LYNN BERMAN: YEAH, A LITTLE FRUSTRATED. I’VE ONLY ONCE MISSED VOTING IN MY LIFE. AND I’VE GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK. CHRIS: SHE’S NOT ALONE IN HER FRUSTRATION. ONE VOTER HAD TROUBLE FINDING THE RIGHT ENTRANCE, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO SIGNS INDICATI WHERE IT WAS. HALLIE GOLDSTEIN: I’M SHOCK. I WOKE UP WITHOUT AN ALARM THIS MORNING. I WAS SO EXCITED TO GO VOTE. BECAUSE I NEED TO DO SOMETHING. CHRIS: THEN, INSIDE THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY SQUIRREL HILL BRANCH, WE FOUND A CROWD OF PEOPLE WAITING TO VOTE THIS MORNING. BUT THEY COULDN’T BECAUSE THE BALLOTS WEREN’T THERE. THE VOTING STATION MANAGER SAYS IT’S BECAUSE THE VOTING JUDGE HAD AN EMERGENCY AND COULDN’T SHOW UP. KARA TINKER: EMERGENCIES DO HAPPEN. BUT THIS IS AMERICA. THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. AND WE’RE IN A STATE THAT HAS N EARLY VOTING. THEY SHOULD HAVE PROVISIONAL PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE EVERY VOTE IS COUNT. CHRIS: MUCH LIKE KARA TINKER, OTHER VOTERS ARRIVED AT 7:00 THIS MORNING BUT COULDN’T VOTE UNTIL AN HOUR LATER WITH EMERGENCY BALLOTS. OTHER VOTING ISSUES WERE REPORTED IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. IN PENN TOWNSHIP, A POLLING PLACE WAS SENT THE WRONG CARTRIDGES FOR ITS VOTIN MACHINES. AND IN IRWIN, ONE VOTING MACHINE BACK HERE IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, ISSUES WERE REPORTED IN BELLEVUE, WHERE AN ELECTIONS JUDGE OVERSLEPT. IN COLLIER TOWNSHIP, ONLY ONE BOARD MEMBER SHOWED UP. A POLLING PLACE IN MCCANDLESS OPENED LATE. TWO PITTSBURGH POLLING PLACES ALSO SAW VOTING START LATE. LYNN BERMAN: THE COUNTY NEEDS A PLAN, WHETHER IT’S PER VOTING STATION OR WHETHER IT’S AN OVERALL COUNTY PLANT. THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN, SOMEBODY STANDING BY TO DEAL WITH THIS. CHRIS: I REGARDS TO EMERGENCY BALLOTS, THEY WILL BE SEALED AND DELIVERED LATER, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE COUNTED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION DAY IS

Voters were waiting for more than an hour Tuesday at the Carnegie Library Squirrel Hill branch to cast their votes.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Reporter Chris Lovingood has learned that the judge at the polling location had an emergency and the ballots for voters to fill out are with that judge.Emergency ballots are reportedly on their way to the location but as of 8:15 a.m. no specific time had been given.

Voters were waiting for more than an hour Tuesday at the Carnegie Library Squirrel Hill branch to cast their votes.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Reporter Chris Lovingood has learned that the judge at the polling location had an emergency and the ballots for voters to fill out are with that judge.

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Emergency ballots are reportedly on their way to the location but as of 8:15 a.m. no specific time had been given.